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LØLØ has released the new single Pretty Little Wreck ahead of her December appearance at Good Things Festival in Australia.

Wildlands Festival has announced its 2026/27 lineup, bringing together major international electronic artists including John Summit, Skepta, WORSHIP, KI/KI and Disco Lines for New Year's Eve in Brisbane and a January 2027 event in Perth.

Western Australia's Wave Rock Weekender will stage its final event in September 2026, bringing to a close a 21-year run that has become one of Australia's most distinctive independent music festivals.

The Presets will reunite with longtime contemporaries Cut Copy and Ladyhawke for a new touring event, Foreverafter, which will visit Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in January 2027, bringing together artists who helped define Australia's electronic music boom of the 2000s.

Yours And Owls Festival will return to Wollongong in 2026, with organisers reshaping the event across Flagstaff Hill and the city centre for a new two-part experience.

RISING 2026 Expands City-Wide Program With Major Dance, Music And First Peoples Projects Across Melbourne Featuring The Royal Family Dance Crew, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 And Lady Shaka

Organisers of the Birdsville Big Red Bash have confirmed the 2026 event will not go ahead, with founder Greg Donovan announcing the festival will return in 2027 with much of the planned line-up intact.